how can erosion effect a mountain?
2006-11-01 09:27:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
After an orogenic episode (the fancy name for mountain-building), existing mountains are typically stagnant and undergo constant erosion, breaking them up slowly over millions to billions of years and consistently decreasing their size and extent. Many existing plains used to be mountains.
2006-11-04 15:56:29 · answer #1 · answered by calbff2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Erosion effects a mountain by slowly and what i mean millions of years would eventually turn the mountain into a small hill and so on.
2006-11-01 17:29:47 · answer #2 · answered by gordon_benbow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Erosion is caused by water, freezing, wind, and chemical changes! All taking place on a mountain. Mountain streams, mountain glaciers, avalances, wind, roots from trees are all slowly wearing away mountains. That is why older mountains are more rounded and smaller than younger mountain ranges.
2006-11-01 17:46:26 · answer #3 · answered by just browsin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋